Observer named Front Yard Concerts the Best Music Venue largely for homeowner Matthew Kurzman’s devotion to local music and desire to keep live music going in a safe way. Since all the events take place at his home, interested guests must reach out via the event page to get the address. If you do that by this Friday, you will get a chance to see a performance by jazz vocalist and model Alex Blair hot off the release of her first EP
Season of the Curvy Fox.
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8 p.m. Friday, April 23, at Trees, 2707 Elm St., $17 at axs.com
Reality television may seem a particularly contradicting term when it comes to certain shows some are certainly more scripted than spontaneous but, there s a component of reality in singing competition shows that even the most cunning producer couldn t fabricate through a script.
For starters, shows like
American Idol and
The Voice feature people with genuine talent, who can actually do something besides push people s buttons and post about their lives on Instagram. These mainstay competitions can destroy careers and reputations just as easily as any seedy show, but have also launched hundreds of careers for artists who might have never gotten the chance to show the world what they are capable of doing. Here are the singers from North Texas who found their way to stardom via the airwaves.